Conca dei Marini – Nature

Conca dei Marini – Nature

Conca dei Marini, situated in the middle of the whole coast, delimitated in the north by Agerola mountains and in the south from the sea it offers a natural sight linked to agriculture, with terraced gardens dedicated to vineyards and to spontaneous vegetation which represents the shift from maquis to wood. Till the beginning of the last century, natural environment of Conca was characterized by numerous “scioscellati”, gardens with carob trees. The tradition of this cultivation deepens its roots in numerous uses that it was possible to do with this product, ranging from rosary beads, to food for pack animals to alcohol which could be distilled by its fruits. Furthermore, in great poverty periods carobs became the cake on feast occasions, in fact it was considered “chocolate of poor people”. In its territory there is also a naturalistic evidence very famous at national and international level: Smeraldo Grotto. This cavity, discovered in 1932, has become an attraction for tourists for green sea reflections that there are inside it and which are produced by sun light which filters through a small submerged siphon.